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Re: I got the IRS Blues

Well, my filing finally got accepted
And my refund check is here
But I've spent every last cent
On mandolins and beer
Now I've lost my sweet baby
Cuz of pickin' and drinking booze
But I'm having fun singing the IRS blues

Re: I got the IRS Blues

Well the taxman came this mornin'
Went and knocked upon my door;
He said I didn't pay enough
And that he wanted more.
I said I was flat broke
And I didn't have no bread;
He left me low and weepin'
'Cause my mando's gone instead.
I'm cryin' and I'm shakin',
I'm screamin' and I'm quakein'
'Cause he took my mando with him
And he walked right out the door.

Alden, Minnesota, 12 miles west of where I-90 and I-35 cross in Southern, Minnesota

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Re: I got the IRS Blues

Anyone have a good melody and chord structure in mind, yet?

"Put your hands to the wood
Touch the music put there by the summer sun and wind
The rhythms of the rain, locked within the rings
And let your fingers find The Music in the Wood."
Joe Grant and Al Parrish (chorus from The Music in the Wood)

Re: I got the IRS Blues

I woke up this mornin, blues hanging round my head.
I heard the tax man knockin so I rolled right out of bed.
"You owes me four thou Washingtons, so pay up right away!"
I said "I owes you nuthin 'cuz I paid you yesterday!"

I gots the tax man bloooze,,,, just as blue as I can beeee.
'cuz if'n I don't pay the man he's acomin after meeee.

"You bestest pay us now, my friend, 'cause we dun caught you cheatin!"
My heart went thump. It formed a lump. I thought they had me beaten!
I dug through files, receipts and stuff, and in the paper basket.
I wore my pencil to a stub. That's about all I could ask it.

I gots the tax man bloooze,,,, just as blue as I can beeee.
'cuz if'n I don't pay the man he's acomin after meeee.

Went down to IRS next day, and boy my knees was shakin!
With a shoebox full of papers, my heart was really quakin.
The tax man took a look at me, green eyeshade on his face.
"I'll take a look at these, my friend, and adjudicate your case."

I gots the tax man bloooze,,,, just as blue as I can beeee.
'cuz if'n I don't pay the man he's acomin after meeee.

He tapped and entered, subtracted and totaled.
He lifted his eye shade and seemed to gloatel.
Then smiling he said "You overpaid by a bunch.
Now take your refund and go have lunch."

I hads the tax man bloooze,,, just as blue as I could beeee,
But ever since I saw the man I's as happy as can beeee.

Re: I got the IRS Blues

Filed as self-employed, wrote "musician" on the line
Felt so proud to do that, after all this time
Waited for a check to come in the mail
But instead I owed them hundreds or else I'd go to jail
Tryin' again this year, it's my right to choose
Hope I get the thumbs-up, and not the IRS Blues

Re: I got the IRS Blues

My Wife and I filed our taxes
Signed on the dotted line
We are getting enough back
To buy some dinner and wine
But when I get home this evening
I won't be singing the blues
I'll be drinking Johnnie Walker
and then taking a snooze

Re: I got the IRS Blues

Re: I got the IRS Blues

No new mando, taxman said I owe.
They made a mistake 3 years ago.
They goofed up, so I have to pay.
Were sorry for the inconvenience
Is all they could say.
For now I can kiss a new mando goodbye
Thanks to the taxman all I can do is cry.

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